<p>In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike speaks to Dr Becky Howard about the recent confirmation of the presence of pea bruchid in a UK-grown commercial pea crop for the first time.</p><p>Ben and Becky discuss what to look out for, how to prevent infestation, and what to do should pea bruchid be found in your crop.</p><p>For more information about the recent pea bruchid discovery, you can read the recent press release at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pgro.org/first-occurrence-of-pea-bruchid-in-uk-commercial-crop-confirmed/">https://www.pgro.org/first-occurrence-of-pea-bruchid-in-uk-commercial-crop-confirmed/</a></p><p>For more details on the life cycle of the pea bruchid, read pages 8 and 9 of the Summer 2023 edition of The Pulse Magazine at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pgro.org/downloads/summer-Pulse-2023.pdf">https://www.pgro.org/downloads/summer-Pulse-2023.pdf</a></p><p>An assessment of risk to UK pea production was produced by PGRO for the HDC Factsheet, which can be read at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pgro.org/downloads/PeabruchidanassessmentofrisktoUKpeaproduction.pdf">https://www.pgro.org/downloads/PeabruchidanassessmentofrisktoUKpeaproduction.pdf</a></p>
